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@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@ material? A: No. For example you can add or remove "Comment:" lines. They have a purpose like the mail header lines. However a "Hash:" - line is needed for modern signatures, to tell the parser which + line is needed for OpenPGG signatures to tell the parser which hash algorithm to use. - Q: Now can a get list of key IDs used to encrypt a message? + Q: How can a get list of key IDs used to encrypt a message? A: gpg --batch --decrypt --status-fd 1 2>/dev/null \ | awk '/^\[GNUPG:\] ENC_TO / { print $3 }' @@ -357,9 +357,17 @@ Q: PGP 5.x, 6.x does not like my secret key. A: PGP probaly bails out on some private comment packets used by GnuPG. These packets are fully in compliance with OpenPGP; however PGP is not - really OPenPGP aware. A workaround is to eport the secret keys with + really OpenPGP aware. A workaround is to eport the secret keys with this command: gpg --export-secret-keys --no-comment -a your-key-id + Q: I can't decrypt my symmetrical only (-c) encrypted message with + a new version of GnuPG. + A: There used to be a bug in GnuPG < 1.0.1 which happens only if 3DES + was used for symmetric only encryption (this has never been the default). + The bug has been fixed but to enable you to decrypt old messages, you + should run gpg with the option "--emulate-3des-s2k-bug", decrypt the + message and encrypt it again without this option. The option will + be removed in 1.1, so better re/encrypt your message now. |